WALL OF DEATH

Animated Music Video / Director / CG Lead / Producer

Animated Music Video / Director / CG Lead / Producer


A meteorite flies to the earth and threatens to destroy an open air rock'n'roll party. Through the power of a "Wall Of Death" the festival visitors can save the party!

Overview

An animated music video combining creative direction, real-time 3D production, motion capture, and producing.

MY ROLE: Director / CG Lead / Producer / Motion Capture Performer / Original Music
As Director, I initiated and led the creative vision of the project from concept to final film.
As CG Lead, I coordinated the technical pipeline across multiple 3D software packages, ensuring a seamless integration of all assets and workflows.
As Producer, I assembled the team, led talent recruitment, managed the production from the initial idea through final delivery and successfully completed the project within a tight production schedule.

PRODUCTION COMPANY
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg (Germany)

PRODUCER
Helge Forler

DIRECTORS
Helge Forler, Felix Zehender

FORMAT
CG Animated Short Film

GENRE
Action / Fantasy

LANGUAGE
English

COMPLETION
2018

Main Crew

DIRECTORS
Helge Forler, Felix Zehender

CG SUPERVISOR
Helge Forler

TECHNICAL DIRECTING
Julian Oberbeck

ANIMATION / VFX PRODUCER
Helge Forler

ANIMATION
Mariia Prokopenko, Nadine Schwenk

VISUAL ARTIST
David Bellenbaum

MUSIC SCORE
Helge Forler

POSTPRODUCTION
Michi Lange


Featured in Digital Production Magazine

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Responsibilities

Creative direction / Production planning / Team leadership / Recruiting / CG pipeline management / Cross-software workflow coordination / Production management / Scheduling / Music composition / Final delivery


A meteorite flies to the earth and threatens to destroy an open air rock'n'roll party. Through the power of a "Wall Of Death" the festival visitors can save the party!

Overview

An animated music video combining creative direction, real-time 3D production, motion capture, and producing.

MY ROLE: Director / CG Lead / Producer / Motion Capture Performer / Original Music
As Director, I initiated and led the creative vision of the project from concept to final film. As CG Lead, I coordinated the technical pipeline across multiple 3D software packages, ensuring a seamless integration of all assets and workflows. As Producer, I assembled the team, led talent recruitment, managed the production from the initial idea through final delivery and successfully completed the project within a tight production schedule.

PRODUCTION COMPANY
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg (Germany)

ANIMATION / VFX PRODUCER
Helge Forler

DIRECTORS
Helge Forler, Felix Zehender

FORMAT
CG Animated Short Film

GENRE
Action / Fantasy

LANGUAGE
English

COMPLETION
2018


Main Crew

DIRECTORS
Helge Forler, Felix Zehender

CG SUPERVISOR
Helge Forler

TECHNICAL DIRECTING
Julian Oberbeck

ANIMATION / VFX PRODUCER
Helge Forler

ANIMATION
Mariia Prokopenko, Nadine Schwenk

VISUAL ARTIST
David Bellenbaum

MUSIC SCORE
Helge Forler

POSTPRODUCTION
Michi Lange

Featured in Digital Production Magazine

Read the article ↗


Responsibilities

Creative direction / Production planning / Team leadership / Recruiting / CG pipeline management / Cross-software workflow coordination / Production management / Scheduling / Music composition / Final delivery

Official poster for the award-winning CG animated short film Wall of Death.
Director Helge Forler with The Simpsons Movie director David Silverman at ITFS 2018

David Silverman, director of "THE SIMPSONS MOVIE", discovering "Wall Of Death" at ITFS 2018 — and becoming a fan of the project.

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